We believe now is an important time to point out platinum’s historic undervaluation versus gold ongoing.

Check out this following long term chart on platinum prices versus gold in US dollar since the late 1800s.

Platinum Vs Gold Price Chart

As you can see by the chart above, platinum was worth more than gold versus the vast majority of the 20th Century.

It was not until the global financial crisis of 2008 that gold began to overtake platinum in terms of overall value.

With the following chart we will further examine Platinum vs Gold prices throughout this post 1971 full fiat currency era in which NYMEX and COMEX futures contract markets have been the main price discovery force for each respective precious metal.

Within the following chart you will see we have gone through various timeframes where platinum and or gold have been priced higher than the other.

Platinum vs Gold Values

In times of financial stress and monetary turmoil (e.g. 1980), platinum tends to behave more like gold and other precious metals with widespread hoarding.

The last major monetary disorder in 1980 saw all four precious metals reach new nominal high price points within months of one another.

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